[Jim Scott]

Unfortunately, most police departments don't train their officers all that well and in those rare instances when they are involved in a chase and the adrenalin is pumping, they tend to shoot reflexively. I can see how this happened but of course it was not only stupid but totally unnecessary. In most cases such as this, the officers actions would be investigated by Internal Affairs and of course he would be found to have done nothing wrong. Case closed. Too bad.

However, with the national publicity on this case, that probably won't happen- although I doubt the cop will lose his job. He'll receive some sort of reprimand, possibly some re-training. The dogs owner may have grounds for a lawsuit but even that is shaky as the police officer was engaged in performing his legal duty when he shot the dog and did so based on what he'll call 'self defense'. Sad story and with the dog dead, no happy endings.

[dragnet2]

How in tarnation is it possible, mailmen, utility crews, meter readers etc, etc, can go through their entire careers and not have to routinely shoot and kill neighborhood pets?

How is possible these people can even perform their jobs without guns on their sides?